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Bolivar County, Mississippi

A county in Mississippi, ranked 30 of 82 by population.

CountyFIPS 28011

Within Mississippi
Bolivar County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Cleveland, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
28,262
-2,576 (-8.4%) since 2020
Land area
876.5
square miles. A further 3.5% of the total area is water
Population density
32.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cleveland
Seat of county government.
Established
1836
189 years ago
Largest city
Cleveland city
Population 10,138.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Bolivar County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Bolivar County, Mississippi from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 665 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Bolivar County ranks

Position among the 82 counties of Mississippi, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MississippiNationally
Population28,26230th of 821,503rd of 3,144
Land area876.5 sq mi2nd of 82922nd of 3,144
Population density32.2 per sq mi50th of 821,863rd of 3,144
Median household income$39,58566th of 823,076th of 3,143

Full data for Bolivar County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,262Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202030,838Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?30,983Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area876.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area31.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area908 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$39,585American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,915American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units13,673American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-82
336 births, 418 deaths
Net migration
-178
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Bolivar County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Desha CountyArkansas106 mi9,984
Sunflower CountyMississippi38 mi22,893
Coahoma CountyMississippi26 mi19,849
Washington CountyMississippi26 mi40,446
Chicot CountyArkansas2.4 mi9,107
Phillips CountyArkansas0.1 mi14,255

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 82 counties of Mississippi

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.